语言学Structuralism.pptVIP

Structuralism Language is considered as a relational system of formal elements. The value of a language unit which is not isolated, is decided by its relation to others, or rather, its position in the system. Geneva school: Saussure American structuralism: Bloomfield Saussure Saussure sees research into the internal relations of language as the central task of linguistics and linguistics as an autonomous science that has no need to resort to psychology of the social sciences for aid in explanation. signifier (acoustic image) Sign signified (conc